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Winners of the 2020 AGDAs announced
The Australian Game Developer Awards ceremony streamed live on Twitch in 2020, hosted by Jordan Raskopoulos. Here is the full list of nominees and winners.

What can SA’s Video Game Development Rebate do for local developers?
The SA Video Game Development Rebate, the first of its kind in Australia, is now available to SA devs. What can a rebate like this actually achieve?

Umurangi Generation wins highest honour at the IGF Awards
The Australian/Maori antifascist photography game took IGF 2021 Seumas McNally Grand Prize among brilliant competition.

The Indie Houses brings international collaboration to games publishing
The new publishing collective The Indie Houses brings together seven international games publishers with an 'indies for indies' approach. They announced a new publishing direct, a prototype development fund, and more.

Sony to shut PlayStation Store for PS3, PSP, and Vita
The Playstation store will no longer be accessible through PlayStation 3 consoles from July 2, and will shutter a month later for PSP and PS Vita.

SA announces groundbreaking rebate for games industry
In a nation-first, the South Australian state government has extended the state's post-production, digital and visual effects (PDV) rebate to the development of videogames.

POC game developers celebrate diversity with #IamPOCinPlay
The hashtag #IamPOCinPlay was created by POC in Play, a UK-based organisation that develops initiatives to promote and include People of Colour.

PlayStation stores for PS3 and Vita saved by public outcry
'It’s clear that we made the wrong decision here,' Sony admitted on a PlayStation blog.

PAX ONLINE: Meet the Aussies of the indie showcase
This year PAX's indie showcase of playable demos is all online, and just as exciting as ever.

PAX Aus returns to Melbourne after a year online
PAX Aus have announced the festival will be held in person this year and gamers are rejoicing.